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October 7, 1987

Smoking on Airplanes

The subcommittee heard testimony on legislation to ban smoking on commercial airline flights. Representatives from the U.S. House and… read more

The subcommittee heard testimony on legislation to ban smoking on commercial airline flights. Representatives from the U.S. House and Senate, the Department of Transportation, and various industry groups testified in support of or in opposition to the ban. The original advertisements that aired in 1987 are included. close

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Glenn M. Anderson U.S. Representative [D] California
Cass Ballenger U.S. Representative [R] North Carolina

Jim Bates U.S. Representative [D] California
Susan Bianchi-Sand President Association of Flight Attendants
Sherwood L. Boehlert U.S. Representative [R] New York
Ben Cardin U.S. Representative [D] Maryland
Joseph Cherner
William Crouse Senior Research Chemist Lorillard Tobacco Company
Peter A. DeFazio U.S. Representative [D] Oregon
Anne Morrow Donley Executive Director Virginia Group to Alleviate Smoking in Public
Bob Dornan U.S. Representative [R] California
Dick Durbin U.S. Representative [D] Illinois
Hugh B. Fulton Pilot Eastern Airlines
John Paul Hammerschmidt U.S. Representative [R] Arkansas
Larry C. Holcomb President Holcomb Environmental Services
H. Martin Lancaster U.S. Representative [D] North Carolina
Frank R. Lautenberg U.S. Senator [D] New Jersey
J. D. Lee Chairman American Trial Lawyers Association->Tobacco Litigation Group
Ahron Leichtman President Citizens Against Tobacco Smoke
James Lightfoot U.S. Representative [R] Iowa
Geoffrey Lipman Executive Director International Foundation of Airline Passengers Associations
John J. McGrath Member American Medical Association->Council on Legislation
Norman Y. Mineta U.S. Representative [D] California
Ron Packard U.S. Representative [R] California
Carl C. Perkins U.S. Representative [D] Kentucky
Patrick Reynolds Honorary Board Member Americans for Nonsmokers' Rights
J. Roy Rowland U.S. Representative [D] Georgia
Jonathan Samet M.D. Representative Coalition on Smoking or Health
James H. Scheuer U.S. Representative [D] New York
Matthew V. Scocozza Assistant Secretary Department of Transportation->Policy and International Affairs
Arlan Stangeland U.S. Representative [R] Minnesota
Don Sundquist U.S. Representative [R] Tennessee
Karen Thorensen Representative Association of Flight Attendants
Robert G. Torricelli U.S. Representative [D] New Jersey
Edolphus Towns U.S. Representative [D] New York
Tim Valentine U.S. Representative [D] North Carolina
Charles Whitley Consultant Tobacco Institute
Newt Gingrich U.S. Representative [R] Georgia
James L. Oberstar U.S. Representative [D] Minnesota

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Program ID:: 715-1
Category:: House Committee
Format:: House Committee
Location:: Washington, District of Columbia, United States
First Aired:: Dec 31, 1969 | 7:00pm EST | C-SPAN 1
Last Aired:: Oct 07, 1987 | 10:52pm EDT | C-SPAN 1

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Oct 07, 1987 | 10:52pm EDT | C-SPAN 1
Dec 31, 1969 | 7:00pm EST | C-SPAN 1

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